[John Kelly]

One of the best examples of UV damage dye loss.
This is where a mat sat on a pink carpet.

[Len Gribble]

John

It also happens on hard floors! But the other way round!

[colin fitch]

Good example John.

Very extreme, do we know how long the carpet has been down?

Colin

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Many years ago I was cleaning the carpet in a south facing lounge for a family of heavy smokers.

The carpet came up looking stunningly clean.

So with my usual "straight" face on I went into the kitchen where madam was and informed her that "your carpet has changed colour-it is now salmon pink"

Well that was the WRONG thing to say.

"what do you mean" she replied," It's meant to be pure white."

(She'd not moved her sofa for so many years which hid a vivid rectangle of  the original (salmon pink)  colour of the carpet and thought that beneath the soil that I had removed was a white carpet.)

Exit carpet cleaner feeling very embarrassed!

Rog

[John Kelly]

Did exactly the same on a "brown" Dralon suite. It was uniformally brown and didn't smell of nicotine so I just thought it was brown dralon. Until I started cleaning and it was actually pink when the dirt was removed.
She was devastated as she had bought it second hand to match the decor. Pink just didn't go.
Very strange as it didn't look anything out of the ordinary and had no odour.

[Kevin OBrien]

Doing the same UV damage  on Leather sofa's & Chairs